What if your daughter committed a seemingly unforgivable act? [Rebroadcast Ep182]
1/1/202647 min
A mother struggles to raise her child through a series of chaotic relationships, when one day, as her daughter’s mental illness spirals out of control, an unthinkable decision will change their lives forever.
Today’s storyteller asked to remain Anonymous.
Producers: Whit Missildine, Andrew Waits
Content/Trigger Warnings: mental illness, self-harm, sexual abuse, suicide attempt, car accident, near death experience, severe injury, explicit language
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First 90 secondsWhit Misseldine· Host0:00
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Speaker 10:09
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Whit Misseldine· Host0:21
(music) Wondery. Hi, listeners. Today, we bring you the fourth episode of our annual three-week winter rebroadcast series. We'll return with all new episodes starting January 13th. Today's rebroadcast episode: What If Your Daughter Committed a Seemingly Unforgivable Act? is the second in a two-part series featuring a mother and a daughter. We heard from the daughter, Brittany, in the previously aired Episode 181. Today's episode features her mother, and originally aired as Episode 182 on March 21st, 2021.
Speaker 2· Guest0:57
I close my eyes even to this day, reliving it over and over in my head, like, "Did that really happen?" I wasn't for sure that it was really real. In my mind, I know that's what I saw, but I don't wanna believe that's what happened.
Speaker 11:17
(music) From Wondery, I'm Whit Misseldine. You're listening to This is Actually Happening.